WORKS
Some Body Else
After Image
When the first thought is touch
Of all the places I’ve been and have yet to go
In changing yesterday’s weather
I’ve been here before
Everything flows
Burn, rage, rise
Evil spirits only travel in straight lines
Driftwood and ghosthunters
31 Buildings
While the light eats away at the colors
17 Years cicada
Concrete is stranger than fiction
Practice models
All digressions aside
The table turns
A sudden outburst of laughter
Without waiting for her reply
A conversation
How to transform stories from body to body, and from body to object
Geography of A
Apichaya (Piya) Wanthiang (B. 1987, Bangkok, Thailand) holds a BA from Sint-Lukas, Brussels and an MA in Fine Arts from Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB). Through a range of different mediums and approaches, she constructs environments in order to study how they influence our perceptions, behaviours and interactions. Piya has worked part time as Assistant Professor at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, and the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD) in Bergen. She has been on the board of LNM, the Norwegian Painters Association and is currently on the board of UKS, The Young Artists’ Society. Her work is amongst other parts of Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and Kistefos Museum. She recently finalised an immersive wall-based installation for KORO at NMBU campus Ås, and ten permanent murals for Kulturetaten at the newly built Ruseløkka Skole.
CURRICULUM VITAE
APICHAYA WANTHIANG
B. 1987 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Currently board member of UKS (Young Artists’ Society), and jury member of Høstutstillingen 2021/2022. Member of LNM (Norwegian Painters Association) and NBK (Norwegian Artist Association).
Education
2010/2012 Master in Fine Arts, KHIB, Academy of Fine Arts, Bergen, Norway
2006/2009 Bachelors in Visual Arts, Sint-Lukas Brussels, Belgium
Solo projects
2024 (Upcoming) Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2023 (Upcoming) BGE Contemporary, Stavanger, Norway
2023 (Upcoming) Trykkeriet, Bergen, Norway
2022 Some Body Else, Solo Oslo II, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2021 When the First Thought is Touch, Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2021 In Changing Yesterday’s Weather, BGE Contemporary, Stavanger, Norway
2020 I’ve Been Here Before, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand, Norway
2019 Burn, Rage, Rise Heimdal Kunstforenening, Heimdal, Norway
2018 Evil Spirits Only Travels in Straight Lines, UKS, Oslo, Norway
2018 Driftwood and Ghost Hunters, LNM, Oslo, Norway
2017 While the Light Eats Away the Colors, Galleri 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2015 A Sudden Outburst of Laughter, Trykkeriet, Bergen, Norway
2014 Without Waiting For Her Reply (WWFHR), USF, Bergen, Norway
2012 Geography of A, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
2010 Going Back From X into Minus, Martin van Blerk Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Selected collaborative projects
2020 2in1, with Anna Daniell, Galleri Brandstrup, De-centralized Chart Art Fair, Oslo
2018 31 Buildings with Cristian Stefanescu, HKS, Bergen (NO)
2017 Pilot -17 Years Cicada, with Ming Hwa Yeh, Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan
2017 Practicing Receptivity, with J. Herbert at Louise Dany, Oslo
2017 Exhibition in Progress-Concrete is Stranger than Fiction with C. Stefanescu, HKS, Bergen (NO)
2014 A Conversation pt.1-4, with N. Barnett & R. Nesbitt, Atlantic Studios, Cape Town (ZA)
Public commissions
2024 (Upcoming) Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway
2023 (Upcoming) Søndre Borgen Helsehus, Asker, Norway
2021 Of all the places I’ve been and have yet to go, Ruseløkke Skole, 10 wall paintings, Oslo, Norway
2020 Everything Flows, Wall-based work/ Painting for KORO, Campus Ås, Ås
Selected group exhibitons
2021 Delux, She Will, Ski, Norway
2020 Et Kollektivt Kaosmos, Kunsthall Oslo, Norway
2019 Binyuan/ Daniell/ Engelsen Espedal/ Mbamba/ Wanthiang, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2019 Olje og Begjaer, Blomgvist & QB galleri, Oslo Norway
2017 Oslo City Hall Studios, Oslo, Norway
2016 Roaming – UKS, Oslo, Norway
2016 Twofold Installation for Barents Spectakel, Kirkenes, Norway & Nikel, Russia
2015 Herfra, by J. Hestvold & B. Clementsen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2012 65 Malerien, Bergenkjøtt, Bergen Norway
2012 A Ride Full of Traps, Graduation Show at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
2012 Between the Four, F-blok Gallery, Bristol Engeland
2011 17 M.O.H exhibition, Bergenkjøtt, Bergen, Norway
2010 Canvascollectie at Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Don’t Know Whether I’m Coming or Going, EEA, Beelitz Heilstatten, Germany
2009 Final Bachelor Exhibition, City Hall Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Selected curatorial
2015 If On a Winter’s Night, a Room, with Cristian Stefanescu, A-Works, Bergen, Norway
2014 I Love Your Manners Full of Deceit, KNIPSU, Bergen, Norway
Residencies
2023 Kitamura studios, Kyoto, Japan (Trykkeriet collaboration)
2021 NKdale, Dale, Norway
2015 BARinternational pt.2, Kirkenes, Norway & Nikel, Russia
2014 Sober and Lonely, Johannesburg, ZA
2014 BARinternational pt.1, Kirkenes, Norway & Nikel, Russia
2012 Artist in residency, Stazioni Di Topolo, Topolo, Italy
2009 EEA09, European Exchange Academy, Beelitz Heilstatten. Germany
Teaching / Talks / Workshops
2023 Guest teaching, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2022 Assistant Professor, The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), Bergen, Norway
2022 Bachelor Censor, The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), Bergen, Norway
2021 Guest teaching, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2019 Assistant Professor, NTNU/KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2018 Assistant Professor, NTNU/KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2017 Guest teacher, NTNU/KIT, Trondheim, Norway
2016 Involved Urban Practice: Practice Models, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
2016 Guest teacher: Source Materials, at NTNU/KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2015 Speculating on Art Education, hosted by Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Artist talk at Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey
2015 Guest teacher, When Things Cast No Shadows, KHIB, Bergen Norway
2014 Assistant Professor in Painting, Fine Arts, KHIB, Bergen Norway
2014 Guest Advisor / Critics’s Round on the EEA14-G, Beelitz Heilstatten, Germany
2014 Guest teacher, Writing in Space-Spectatorship in Installations, KHIB, Bergen Norway
2014 Guest teacher at NTNU/KIT, Trondheim, Norway
2013 Guest teacher: Karusell – Introduction to painting, KHIB, Bergen Norway
2013 Guest teacher: Scale and its Unfolding (On Process), KHIB, Bergen, Norway
2012 Guest teacher: Painting on Paper, KHIB, Bergen, Norway
Selected relevant work
2022/2023 Den Nasjonale Jury
2022/2023 UKS Styre
2018/2020 LNM Styre
2020 Dialogue partner - SKAUS, Stavanger, Norway
2016 Scenography for Table Turns, Bøen & Sletteland
2013 Assistant for fellowship researcher Ellen Røed, Galleri 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2012 Assistant for Sol LeWitt retrospective at Museum ‘M’, Leuven, Belgium
2011 Co-coordinator Lectures: Materialized<=>Dematerialized, KHIB, Bergen, Norway
2011 Assistant for fellowship researcher Patrick Entian, KHIB, Bergen, Norway
Grants
Ingrid Langaards Stiftelse travel grant 2022
Art Council Norway, Kunstnerassistentordning: 2021-2022, 2021-2020
Norske Billedkunstnere - project funding: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014
Norske Billedkunstnere - working grants: 2022-2020, 2019-2018, 2017, 2014, 2013
Art Council Norway - project funding: 2021, 2019, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
Art Council Norway - working grant: 2016, 2015
Arts Council Norway - aspirant position: 2013
Bergen Kommune - project funding: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
Unge Kunstenernes samfund - travel funding: 2015
Office for Contemporary Arts - international support: 2014
Studio grants
2016/2017 Oslo Rådhus, studio C allocation, 18 months
2013/2015 Bergen Kommune, studio for newly established artist, Kunstnerverksted Cs55
Selected media / reviews
2022 Øyeblikk hvor utstillingen oppleves som et hav av SOS-bølger, Meera Manjit Kauer, Morgenbladet
2022 Skin as Screen, Maria Moseng, Kunstkritikk
2022 Herlige Kontraster, Mona Pahle Bjerke, NRK anmeldelse
2021 På Bølgelengd, Maria Horvei, Klassekampen
2021 Fire Millioner Døde, Nicholas Norten, Kunstkritikk
2020 Who Will Remember, Zofia Cielatkowska, Kunstkritikk
2018 In the House of Spirits, Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
2018 Onde ånder i Oslos tussmørke, Lena Trydal, Subjekt
2018 Der vannet stiger, Oda Bhar, Morgenbladet
2017 Revitaliserende White-out, Susanne Christensen, Kunskritikk
2017 Den Maleriske Dialogen, Øyvind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen
2015 ⽣活於極地的熱帶⼥⼦：專訪泰國藝術家, Emily Lee, Passage Life
2010 De Standaard, nr. 110, Jan Hoet Keurt de Canvas Collectie by Veerle Beel
Collections
The City of Oslo Art Collection, Grieg Samling, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Kistefos Museum, Utenriksdepartementets (UD)
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Evil spirits only travel in straight lines, at UKS (2018)
Some Body Else, at Munch Museum (2022)
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When the first thought is touch, at Galleri Brandstrup (2021)
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Driftwood and ghosthunters, at LNM (2018)
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Studio grant oslo Rådhus (2017)
Studio grant oslo Rådhus (2017)
An interview in Aftenposten (Norwegian), with the three artists that got the studio grant in Oslo Rådhus, in connection with Oslo Open 2017.
While the light eats away at the colors, at Stiftelsen 3,14 (2016)
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